Operation Manual

Loading & saving data, and creating CDs
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About preload data and preset data
“Preloaddata”referstothesoundsandotherdata
loadedintheKRONOSwhenitisshippedfromthe
factory.Youarefreetorewritethisdata,andwiththe
exceptionofthedemosongs,thedatawillbewrittento
thelocationlistedin“Writingtointernalmemory.”All
ofthisdataisstored
intheinternaldisk,andbackups
areprovidedontheincludedAccessoryDiscs.
• ProgramsINT–A…FandUSER–A…F
• CombinationsINT–A…CandINT–D000…095
•DrumKitsINT:00–39,A00…B15,andC00…05
• WaveSequencesINT:000–139andUSERA00…24
•Demosongs
Presetdataisdatathatcannotberewrittenbythe
Writeoperat
ion.Thisincludesthefollowingdata:
•TheGeneralMIDIProgrambanks,includingG,
g(1)–g(9),andg(d):001–128
•PresetDrumKits144(GM)–152(GM)
•PresetTemplateSongsP00–P17
•PresetpatternsP000–P697
Writing to internal memory
Writing Programs and Combinations
EditstoProgramsandCombinationscanbesavedto
theinternalmemory,whichwe’llrefertoas“Writing.”
Ifyouwanteditstobepreservedafterthepoweris
turnedoff,youmustwritethem.
TherearetwowaystowriteProgramsand
Combinations,asdescribedbelow:usingtheWrite
menucommands,andus
ingtheSEQUENCER
REC/WRITEbutton.
Donotturnoffthepowerforatleast10seconds
afterusinganyoftheWritecommands.Thisallows
thesystemtimetocompletetheprocess,which
includessavingabackupofthedatatotheinternal
disk.
Beforeyouwritedataintomemory,yo
umustturn
offtherelatedmemoryprotectsetting(s)inGlobal
mode.(See“Memoryprotect”onpage 185.)
CombinationsrelyonProgramstomakesounds,
buttheydon’tcontaintheactualProgram
parameters.Instead,theysimplyrememberthe
Programbanksandnumbers.IfyoueditaProgram
that’susedbyaCombination,orloadadifferent
Prog
raminto
thesamebankandnumber,thesound
oftheCombinationwillalsochange.
Using the Write commands
1. AnywhereinProgramorCombinationmodes,
selectthepagemenucommand“WriteProgram”
or“WriteCombination.”
TheWriteProgramorWriteCombinationdialogbox
willappear.
Note:Youcanalsoreachthesamedialogboxby
holdingdowntheENTERbuttonandpressing0onthe
numerickeypad.(See“Shortcuts”onpage 7.)
Thescr
eensho
wnisforProgrammode
2. Checktheprogram/combinationnamedisplayed
intheupperline(thewritingsource).
3. Ifyouwishtochangethenameoftheprogram/
combination,pressthetexteditbutton.
Thetextdialogboxwillappear.Enterthenameofthe
program/combination.See“Editingnames”on
page 184.
Afteryo
uhav
eenteredthename,presstheOKbutton
toreturntotheWriteProgram/WriteCombination
dialogbox.
4. In“Category,”specifythecategoryoftheProgram/
Combination.
5. SelectaSubCategoryaswell.
BothCombinationsandProgramscanbeselectedby
Category,inadditiontobankandnumber.Formore
informationaboutCategoriesandProgram
s,see
“SelectingbyCategory”onpage 29;forsimilar
informationaboutCombinations,see“Selectingby
Category”onpage 58.
YoucanalsoselectProgramsbyCategoryfromwithin
CombinationsandSongs.Formoreinformation,see
“SelectingProgramsforCombiTracks”onpage 60.
6. Use“To”tospecifythebankandnumberofthe
writingdestinationprog
ram/c
ombination.
UsetheVALUEcontrollersortheBANKswitchesto
makeyourselection.
7. ToexecutetheWriteoperation,presstheOK
button.Tocancelwithoutexecutingpressthe
Cancelbutton.
WhenyoupresstheOKbutton,thedisplaywillask
“A r e yousure?”WhenyoupresstheOKbuttononce
aga
in,thedatawillbewritten.
Using the SEQUENCER REC/WRITE button
InProgramandCombinationmodes,pressingthe
SEQUENCERREC/WRITEbuttonopenstheUpdate
dialogbox.
Thisisashortcutmethodwhichsaveschangestothe
currentbank/numberlocation,overwritingtheold
versionoftheProgramorCombination.(Ifyouwantto
savechangestoadifferentbankand/ornumber,use
theWritemenuco
mmandinstead.)
ToupdateaProgramorCombination:
1. PresstheSEQUENCERREC/WRITEbutton.